On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Well, missing out on the news that a TV-formatted follow-up to two of my favourite movies has been produced is annoying...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Cop,_Bad_Cop_(TV_series)

Apparently the first two episodes went "live" on Crave on May 7th?

The "hamlet" - I'm having trouble thinking of a community of a thousand people as a "hamlet", as it seems more a small town - is a trivia point in the back story of Due South's central character Benton Fraser, being one of the communities in which his parents and grandparents jointly raised him. It's also a very real place, the most northern community in Canada that you can reach by road these days.

"Tuk", as it's known to many of its local people, is also one of many places across the planet now imperilled by climate derangement.

This comes as a bit of a shock:

https://www.tv-eh.com/2022/10/05/animated-beachcombers-series-in-development-on-b-c-s-sunshine-coast-with-industry-veterans/

This comes as a bit of a shock, but I suppose after Corner Gas and Trailer Park Boys did it…?

Who’s next? Due South?

After watching last night's installment of Coroner, something was reaffirmed for me: if you're not left feeling uneasy every so often watching this series, it's not working as a TV series.

I may revise this entry with additional details after work.

Who else misses Once a Thief?

A CTV-aired adaptation of a John Woo movie. Not even remotely kidding. I never was able to get the DVD set, dammit.

Apparently, someone got a bright idea into their heads about one Canadian TV show in particular:

https://devils-due-1first-comics.myshopify.com/products/trailer-park-boys-comic-special-preview-edition?variant=39408428646576

Shoulder still hurts.

Of course.

And filed in the folder marked "It isn't about you, Dwight!", I see there are still fools seeking to make the world burn. In Atlanta for example. That shooter. And that sheriff's department captain with his "one bad day" speech turning out to be a walking, talking, Trumpist-tee-shirt-hawking bonfire on legs. Senator McConnell bouncing back and forth between Washington and Tennessee. The people pushing vote-suppression legislation across the States. Premiers who look very much like they're trying to screw up the COVID file in seven provinces while disguising themselves as people who give a damn.

I'm trying to register page templates in Clip Studio Paint through the arm pain.

Maybe I should take a break and watch Coroner instead?

Coroner was good. Surreal and funereal - leavened with some humour - as you'd expect for a series about a doctor with the Coroner's Service set during the Pandemic, as they decided to do this season.

Snow has started falling again on Ottawa-Gatineau.

Work continues this morning.

More later.

...on the current data entry contract. Not sure how much longer it'll run for, but I'll be working through at least this morning. There's some stuff I want to double-check before I'm told to either start something else or call it a contract.

Meantime, the snow has been falling here in Ottawa-Gatineau. Not much of it, mind you, but enough to notice on the ground.

Coroner starts its third season tonight at 8 PM EST on CBC. Looking forward to that, getting caught up with Jenny Cooper, Donovan McAvoy and their circle...

Oh, thank heaven. It's his birthday coming up, not his obituary!

I said it in person years ago, but saying it again here: thank you, Mr. Pinsent!

https://www.cbc.ca/archives/the-many-roles-of-gordon-pinsent-s-long-and-varied-acting-career-1.5207987